TV's Big Cast Changes (2019-2020)
TVLine lists the new series regulars, recurring players and noteworthy guest stars on returning favorites in the fall and beyond, plus a refresher on who has gone bye-bye since last we checked in.
tv-cast-changes-100-jordan-bolger
THE 100
Jordan Bolger (Zeke) will not be returning for Season 7.
tv-cast-changes-arrow-emily-bett-rickards
ARROW
Emily Bett Rickards (Felicity) is not returning as a series regular for the eighth and final, 10-episode season. (READ MORE)
tv-cast-changes-blacklist-mozhan-marno
THE BLACKLIST
Mozhan Marno (Samar) is not returning for Season 7.
tv-cast-changes-charmed-ser-darius-blain
CHARMED
Ser'Darius Blain (Galvin) is not returning for Season 2.
tv-cast-changes-chicago-med-colin-donnell
CHICAGO MED
Original cast member Colin Donnell (Dr. Connor Rhodes) will return for only the Season 5 premiere, to wrap up Connor's exit storyline.
tv-cast-changes-chicago-med-norma-kuhling
CHICAGO MED
Norma Kuhling (Ava) is not returning for Season 5. (READ MORE)
tv-cast-changes-chicago-pd-jon-seda
CHICAGO P.D.
Jon Seda (Antonio) is not returning for Season 7. (READ MORE)
tv-cast-changes-criminal-minds-rachael-leigh-cook
CRIMINAL MINDS
Rachael Leigh Cook (Perception) will appear in multiple episodes of the 15th and final, 10-episode season as Max, a quirky, kind-hearted woman who strikes up an unusual relationship with Reid. (READ MORE)
tv-cast-changes-flash-jessica-parker-kennedy
THE FLASH
Jessica Parker Kennedy (Nora) will not be returning as a series regular for Season 6.
tv-cast-changes-legends-of-tomorrow-tala-ashe
DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW
Tala Ashe will remain a series regular for Season 5, playing a different version of Zari.
tv-cast-changes-ncis-cote-de-pablo
NCIS
Cote de Pablo, who returned as Ziva David in the Season 16 finale, will guest-star in the first two episodes of Season 17, and then appear in another two episodes later in the season.
tv-cast-changes-riverdale-ashleigh-murray
RIVERDALE
Ashleigh Murray will not be back for Season 4, and instead will play Josie on the midseason spinoff series Katy Keene.
tv-cast-changes-roswell-amber-midthunder
ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO
Amber Midthunder (Rosa) has been promoted to series regular for Season 2.
tv-cast-changes-roswell-karan-oberoi
ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO
Karan Oberoi (Noah) will not be returning for Season 2.
tv-cast-changes-the-voice-adam-levine
THE VOICE
Adam Levine will not return for Season 17, and will be replaced by returning coach Gwen Stefani. (READ MORE)
tv-cast-changes-this-is-us-melanie-liburd
THIS IS US
Melanie Liburd (Zoe) will not be returning as a series regular for Season 4.
Que Sera Sera
GOD FRIENDED ME
Erica Gimpel (Trish) has been promoted to series regular for Season 2.
Natalie-Gumede-by-Clare-Walsh-Photography
TITANS
Natalie Gumede (Coronation Street) has been cast in the recurring guest star role of Mercy Graves for Season 2.
Additional casting includes Australian actor Joshua Orpin as Conner Kent aka Superboy, Drew Van Acker (Pretty Little Liars) as Garth/Aqualad, and Genevieve Angelson (Good Girls Revolt) as Cadmus Labs' Dr. Eve Watson.
Paul Wesley
TELL ME A STORY
Paul Wesley will return for the Beauty and the Beast/Sleeping Beauty/Cinderella-themed Season 2, though in a new role — as Tucker, a struggling novelist who spends his sleepless nights toiling away in a secluded cabin in the woods.
Murdoc + Helman + Hit
MACGYVER
Levy Tran (Desi) has been promoted to series regular for Season 4 (premiering at midseason). (READ MORE)
Albert Einstein and the Story of Another Mary
YOUNG SHELDON
Matt Hobby (Pastor Jeff) has been promoted to series regular for Season 3.
sabrina-part-3-cast
CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
Gavin Leatherwood (Nick) and Lachlan Watson (Theo) have been promoted to series regulars for Parts 3 and 4. (READ MORE)
Elizabeth Hurley Runaways
MARVEL'S RUNAWAYS
Elizabeth Hurley (The Royals) will play sorceress Morgan le Fay during Season 3. (READ MORE)
arrow-joseph-david-jones
ARROW
Joseph David-Jones (Future Connor Hawke) has been promoted to series regular for the eighth and final, 10-episode season.
jussie-smollett-fired-empire-not-returning
EMPIRE
Jussie Smollett (Jamal) will not be returning for Season 6, series creator Lee Daniels has affirmed. (READ MORE)
Suits - Season 7
SUITS
Patrick J. Adams will reprise his role as Mike during Episode 5 of the ninth and final season. (READ MORE)
cary-elwes
THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
Cary Elwes (Psych) and Stephanie Hsu (The Path) will play undisclosed roles in Season 3.
Superstore - Season 4
SUPERSTORE
Kaliko Kauahi (Sandra) has been promoted to series regular for Season 5.
SW
FBI
Sela Ward (Dana) will not be returning for Season 2. (READ MORE)
An Evening with WildAid, Beverly Hills, USA - 11 Nov 2017
VAN HELSING
Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) will play Dracula in Season 4, which will also feature Richard Harmon (The 100), Nicole Munoz (Defiance), Keeya King (The Handmaid's Tale) and pro wrestler Big Show in undisclosed roles.
tv-cast-changes-Dustin-Nguyen-warrior-
WARRIOR
Dustin Nguyen (Zing) has been promoted to series regular for Season 2. The martial-arts series has also added Chen Tang (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Celine Buckens (War Horse) and Miranda Raison (24: Live Another Day) as series regulars.
greys_anatomy_chris_carmack_greg_germann
GREY'S ANATOMY
Chris Carmack (Link), Greg Germann (Koracick) and Jake Borelli (Levi) have been promoted to series regulars in Season 16. (READ MORE)
'Will & Grace' TV show presentation, Arrivals, Paleyfest, Los Angeles, USA - 17 Mar 2018
ATYPICAL
Eric McCormack (Will & Grace) will recur during Season 3 as Professor Shinerock, an eccentric university art professor who loves to challenge and inspire his students.
roseanne sara gilbert headshot
ATYPICAL
Sara Gilbert (The Conners) will recur during Season 3 as an irritable university ethics professor.
marie-osmond
THE TALK
Marie Osmond will join co-hosts Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood, Eve and Carrie Ann Inaba when Season 10 begins in September. She replaces EP/exiting co-host Sara Gilbert.
'L'Empereur De Paris' film premiere, Paris, France - 10 Dec 2018
WESTWORLD
Vincent Cassel (Black Swan) has joined Season 3 as a series regular, playing a villain.
'Killing Eve' TV Show Premiere, Arrivals, ArcLight Cinemas, Los Angeles, USA - 1 Apr 2019
INSATIABLE
Alex Landi (Grey's Anatomy) will recur during Season 2 of Netflix's dark comedy.
'This Is Us' TV Show Presentation, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 24 Mar 2019
THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us) will be "getting together with Midge" in some respect during Season 3 of the Amazon comedy. (READ MORE)
shameless-cameron-monaghan
SHAMELESS
Noel Fisher (Mickey) will return as a series regular for Season 10. Cameron Monaghan — who departed in Season 9, when Ian went to prison — will also be back.
iain-glen
TITANS
Iain Glen (Game of Thrones) will recur during Season 2 as Bruce Wayne (READ MORE).
Additional casting includes Esai Morales (NYPD Blue) as Slade Wilson/Deathstroke, Chelsea T. Zhang (Andi Mack) as Rose Wilson/Ravager and model Chella Man as Joseph Wilson.
TC3_SM_Ep4_120818_238A6374.cr2
THE CROWN
For Seasons 3 and 4, Olivia Colman (Broadchurch) will succeed Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II.
Additionally, Outlander's Tobias Menzies will play Prince Philip (succeeding Matt Smith), The Exorcist's Ben Daniels will play Lord Snowdon (succeeding Matthew Goode) and Helena Bonham Carter will play Princess Margaret (succeeding Vanessa Kirby, get a first look).
the-crown-gillian-anderson-season-4
THE CROWN
Gillian Anderson (The X-Files) reportedly will play Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Rounding out the royal ensemble are Josh O'Connor (Ripper Street) as Prince Charles, newcomer Emma Corrin as Lady Diana Spencer, Emerald Fennell (Call the Midwife) as Camilla Parker Bowles, Erin Doherty (Call the Midwife) as Princess Anne and Marion Bailey (Allied) as the Queen Mother.
Tony-Dalton-better-call-saul
BETTER CALL SAUL
Tony Dalton (Lalo Salamanca, nephew of Hector) has been promoted to series regular for Season 5 (delayed until 2020)
20th Century Fox Television and FX's 'American Horror Story: Apocalypse', FYC Event, Los Angeles, USA - 18 May 2019
GOLIATH
Leslie Grossman (American Horror Story) will recur during Season 3 as Rochelle Purple, a bold and brassy financial advisor.
Additonally, Julia Jones (Westworld) will fill the series regular role of Stephanie Littlecrow, a Hollywood stuntwoman and unlikely heiress to a coveted piece of property.
Chicago P.D. - Season 4
LAW & ORDER: SVU
Philip Winchester (Peter Stone) will not be returning for Season 21. (READ MORE)
grown-ish-Diggy-Simmons
GROWN-ISH
Diggy Simmons (Doug) has been promoted to series regular for Season 3.
68th Primetime Emmy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 18 Sep 2016
HOMELAND
Hugh Dancy (Hannibal) will recur during the eighth and final season as John Zabel, a savvy Washington consultant who joins the White House as a new foreign policy advisor to the president — and a formidable opponent to Saul Berenson. (READ MORE)
New York Special Screening of Orion Pictures' 'THE PRODIGY' Hosted by Natasha Lyonne, USA - 05 Feb 2019
MR. MERCEDES
Kate Mulgrew (Orange Is the New Black), Brett Gelman (Fleabag) and Natalie Paul (The Sinner) will recur during Season 3. (READ MORE)
Lizzy-Caplan
CASTLE ROCK
Lizzy Caplan will play "budding psychopath" Annie Wilkes in the Hulu anthology's Misery prequel-themed Season 2.
Additionally, Tim Robbins (The Shawshank Redemption) has been cast as Reginald "Pop" Merrill, patriarch of the Merrill crime family; Paul Sparks (House of Cards) will play John "Ace" Merrill, Castle Rock's legendary bully; and Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade) will play Annie's daughter Joy.
New Eden
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY
Neither Anson Mount (Captain Christopher Pike) nor Rebecca Romijn (Number One) will return for Season 3 — though they both, along with Ethan Peck (as Spock), will appear in Star Trek: Short Trek episodes.
supergirl-season-4-photos-3
SUPERGIRL
Azie Tesfai (Kelly Olsen) has been promoted to series regular for Season 5.
fuller house aunt becky lori loughlin season 5
FULLER HOUSE
Lori Loughlin is not expected back as Aunt Becky for the fifth and final season. (READ MORE)
'Falsettos' theatre launch, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, USA - 17 Apr 2019
INSATIABLE
Vincent Rodriguez III (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) will recur during Season 2 in an undisclosed role.
GLSEN Respect Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 19 Oct 2018
THE SINNER
Matt Bomer (White Collar) will headline Season 3 of the USA Network drama, playing an expectant father who looks to Detective Ambrose for support in the wake of a tragic car accident in upstate New York.
shameless-emmy-rossum
SHAMELESS
Emmy Rossum (Fiona) will not be returning for Season 10. (READ MORE)
912-You'll Know the Bottom When You Hit It
SHAMELESS
Kate Miner (Lip's girlfriend Tami) has been promoted to series regular for Season 10.
'The Haunting of Hill House' TV show premiere, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 08 Oct 2018
YOU
Haunting of Hill House breakout Victoria Pedretti will be Season 2's female lead, playing Love Quinn, an aspiring chef who's working as a produce manager in a high-end grocery store.
Fox Winter All-Star Party, Arrivals, TCA Winter Press Tour, Los Angeles, USA - 06 Feb 2019
YOU
Robin Lord Taylor (Gotham) will recur during Season 2 of the Netflix series as Will, a "thoughtful, personable and highly intelligent guy" who deals with unpleasant people as part of his job.
Additionally, Chris D'Elia (Undateable) will recur as Henderson, "a designer-hoodie, black Ray-Bans, expensive sneakers-wearing famous comedian," Charlie Barnett (Chicago Fire) will recur as Love's oldest friend Gabe, and James Scully (Heathers) and Jenna Ortega (Jane the Virgin) also have roles.
False Flag
NCIS: LOS ANGELES
Catherine Bell and David James Elliott will continue reprising their JAG roles, as Mac and Harm, in the Season 11 premiere.
Jennifer-Morrison-photo-credit-courtesy-Jennifer-Morrison
THIS IS US
Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon a Time) will have a major recurring role in Season 4; details about her character are being kept under wraps.
'Sgt Will Gardner' film premiere, Los Angeles, USA - 08 Jan 2019
THE PURGE
Max Martini (NCIS: Los Angeles), Derek Luke (13 Reasons Why), Paola Nuñez (The Son) and Joel Allen (Never Goin' Back) has joined Season 2 of the USA Network series. (READ MORE)
ray_donovan_casting
RAY DONOVAN
Josh Hamilton (13 Reasons Why) Kerry Condon (Better Call Saul) and Louisa Krause (The Girlfriend Experience) have joined Season 7 in recurring roles. (READ MORE)
henry-ian-cusick
MACGYVER
Henry Ian Cusick (The 100, Lost) has joined the Season 4 cast as Russ, a wealthy master maniuplator. (READ MORE)
Denim-Richards-yellowstone
YELLOWSTONE
Denim Richards, who plays Colby, has been promoted to series regular for Season 3.
Bailee-Madison
GOOD WITCH
Bailee Madison, who plays Grace Russell, will not be returning as a series regular for Season 6.
amy-farrington-via-imdb
S.W.A.T.
Amy Farrington (Faking It, Beyond) has boarded Season 3 of the CBS drama in the series regular role of Detective Lynch, who is appointed by the mayor as a tactical consultant to Hondo's team.
Lian Yu
ARROW
Both Josh Segarra and original cast member Colin Donnell, who respectively played Adrian Chase and Tommy Merlyn, are set to guest-star during the eighth and final season. (READ MORE)
Additionally, original cast member Susanna Thompson will return as Moira Queen in the season opener, and John Barrowman will appear early in the season.
the-walking-dead-season-9-episode-14-danai-gurira-michonne
THE WALKING DEAD
Danai Gurira, who plays Michonne, has confirmed that she will be exiting during Season 10. (READ MORE)
Legends-of-Tomorrow-astra
DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW
Olivia Swann, who plays Astra, has been promoted to series regular for Season 5.
Training Day
ARROW
Katherine McNamara, who plays Future Mia Smoak, has been promoted to series regular for the eighth and final season. (READ MORE)
2019 BET Awards - Press Room, Los Angeles, USA - 23 Jun 2019
GROWN-ISH
Ryan Destiny, who played Alexandra Crane on Fox's Star, will recur during Season 3 of the Freeform series as Jillian, a transfer student from an HBCU who has come to study filmmaking at Cal U.
Most Wanted
FBI
Alana de la Garza, who played A.S.A.C. Isobel Castile on the FBI: Most Wanted backdoor pilot, will play the some role, as a series regular, in Season 2 of the mothership series. (READ MORE)
Carrie-Anne-Moss
TELL ME A STORY
Carrie-Anne Moss (Jessica Jones) has joined Season 2 of the CBS All Access drama, while Danielle Campbell — will return in a brand new role. (READ MORE)
Women In Film Gala, Arrivals, Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles, USA - 12 Jun 2019
ARROW
Charlie Barnett (Chicago Fire) has joined the CW drama's eighth and final season in the series regular role of Future John Diggle, Jr., aka J.J. (READ MORE)
arrow 7x02 william
ARROW
Ben Lewis — who recurred throughout Season 7 as William Clayton-Queen, Oliver's grown son (via the late Samantha Clayton) — has been promoted to series regular for the CW drama's 10-episode farewell run.
PA
CHICAGO P.D.
Paul Adelstein (Prison Break) will recur during Season 7 as Interim Superintendent Jason Crawford, filling the void left by John C. McGinley's ill-fated Brian Kelton.
New Lady In Town
DYNASTY
Michael Michele — aka Dominique Deveraux — has been promoted to series regular ahead of Season 3.
Flash Season 6 Spoilers
THE FLASH
Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes) will recur as Dr. Ramsey Rosso aka the villain Bloodwork during at least the first half of Season 6. (READ MORE)
The Good Doctor - Carly
THE GOOD DOCTOR
Jasika Nicole, who previously recurred as Dr. Carly Lever, has been promoted to series regular ahead of Season 3.
The One About the End of the World
THE GOOD FIGHT
Rose Leslie — who has played legal eagle Maia Rindell since the CBS All Access drama launched three years ago — will not be returning as a series regular for Season 4. (READ MORE)
legacies-season-2
LEGACIES
Thomas Doherty (Descendants) will appear during Season 2 as a "very old vampire with old ideas about the way things work — but Lizzie might be into that." (READ MORE)
STEPHANIE SZOSTAK, CHANCE HURSTFIELD
A MILLION LITTLE THINGS
Chance Hurstfield has been promoted to series regular for Season 2, as Danny Dixon.
Crazy Hair and a Teeny Tiny Part of Canada
MOM
Kristen Johnston, who first debuted in a Season 5 episode as ex-con Tammy, has been promoted to series regular for Season 7.
Morris Chestnut - The Resident Season 3
THE RESIDENT
Morris Chestnut (Rosewood) has joined the Season 3 cast as Dr. Barrett Cain, an "intimidating neurosurgeon" who is hired by Red Rock Medical to help turn around Chastain Park Memorial's finances. (READ MORE)
Rookie Season 2 Larter
THE ROOKIE
Ali Larter (Heroes) will recur during Season 2 as an ER doctor from John Nolan's past, while Harold Perrineau (Lost) will appear in multiple episodes as a detective who takes Nolan under his wing.
comic-con-2019-star-trek-discovery-david-ajala-2
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY
David Ajala (Supergirl, Falling Water) has joined the Season 3 cast as Cleveland Booker aka "Book." (WATCH VIDEO)
supergirl-season-5-eve
SUPERGIRL
Andrea Brooks, who has recurred as Eve Teschmacher since 2016, has been promoted to series regular for Season 5.
Mehcad Brooks Supergirl Leaving
SUPERGIRL
Original cast member Mehcad Brooks, who plays James Olsen, will be leaving the CW series this fall. (READ MORE)
supergirl-jeremy-jordan
SUPERGIRL
Original cast member Jeremy Jordan will return as Winn for three episodes in the back half of Season 5. (READ MORE)
supergirl-season-5-cast
SUPERGIRL
Julie Gonzalo (Veronica Mars, Dallas) has joined Season 5 as the DC Comics character Andrea Rojas aka Acrata, while Staz Nair (Game of Thrones) will play hardened reporter William Dey. (READ MORE)
Supernatural Adam Returns
SUPERNATURAL
Jake Abel will reprise his role as half-brother Adam during the 15th and final season. (READ MORE)
Jemal Trulove'Last Black Man in San Francisco' film premiere, San Francisco, USA - 29 May 2019
THE WALKING DEAD
Thora Birch (Ghost World, Hocus Pocus) and Kevin Carroll (The Leftovers) have been cast in Season 10, playing Gamma and Virgil.
AFTON WILLIAMSON
THE ROOKIE
Original cast member Afton Williamson, who played TO Talia Bishop, has quit the show ahead of Season 2. (READ MORE)
legacies-season-2-cast
LEGACIES
Angel alum Alexis Denisof will recur during Season 2 as an "urbane British sorcerer" by the name of Professor Vardemus. (READ TVLINE EXCLUSIVE)
dynasty-daniella-alonso
DYNASTY
Ana Brenda Contreras (left) will not return as Cristal for Season 3. Instead, the character will be portrayed by new series regular Daniella Alonso (right).
44th Annual Saturn Awards, Burbank, USA - 27 Jun 2018
RIVERDALE
Sam Witwer (Supergirl, Being Human) will recur during Season 4 as Jughead's prep school teacher. (READ MORE)
Additionally, Juan Riedinger — whose previous small-screen credits include roles on Claws, Good Behavior and Narcos — will recur in as Dodger, a new nemesis of Archie's.
Madam-Sec
MADAM SECRETARY
Sara Ramirez, who plays Kat Sandoval, will not be returning for the time-jumping final season as a series regular. (READ MORE)
Vanderpump Dog Foundation Gala, Los Angeles, USA - 03 Nov 2016
THE PURGE
Rochelle Aytes (Mistresses) and Danika Yarosh (Heroes Reborn, Shameless) will recur during Season 2 of the USA Network drama.
Lionsgate World Premiere of Tyler Perry's 'Boo 2! A Madea Halloween' at LA LIVE Regal Cinemas, Los Angeles, CA, USA - 16 Oct 2017
BLACK-ISH
Loretta Devine (Grey's Anatomy) will recur during Season 6 as Pops' new fiancée.
'The Perfect Match' film premiere, Los Angeles, America - 07 Mar 2016
SCHOOLED
Kali Hawk (New Girl) has joined the Season 2 cast in the series-regular role of Wilma, a science teacher poached from an elite school to teach at William Penn.
202-Every Day I'm Hustlin'
THE CHI
Jason Mitchell will not be returning for Season 3, following multiple accusations of inappropriate behavior. (Read how Brandon wil be written out.)
Flack Renewed Season 2
FLACK
Daniel Dae Kim (Hawaii Five-0) and Sam Neill (The Piano) have joined Season 2 of the Anna Paquin-led Pop TV series. (READ MORE)
lisseth-chavez-imdb
CHICAGO P.D.
Lisseth Chavez (The Fosters) will recur during Season 7— with an option to become a series regular — as Vanessa Rojas, a fearless undercover cop.
Chris Messina
THE SINNER
Chris Messina (The Mindy Project) has joined the Season 3 cast, playing Nick Haas, a college friend of Matt Bomer's Jamie who pays a surprise visit that "unexpectedly alters the course of their friendship and their lives." (READ MORE)
Due Process
ARROW
Colton Haynes, a series regular during Season 7, will recur during the eighth and final, 10-episode season.
Million Little Things Ritter
A MILLION LITTLE THINGS
Jason Ritter (Parenthood) has a multi-episode Season 2 arc as someone with ties to Maggie's mother. (READ MORE)
emily-swallow-by-riker-brothers
SEAL TEAM
Emily Swallow (The Mentalist, Supernatural) will recur during Season 3 as Dr. Natalie Pierce, a research physiologist who's tasked with increasing the Bravo Team's operational longevity.
Barrett-Foa
NCIS: LOS ANGELES
Eric is being written out of five of Season 11's first six episodes, so that Barrett Foa can star in a production of Angels in America. (READ MORE)
fbi-john-boyd
FBI
John Boyd (Bones) will recur during Season 2 of FBI as Agent Stuart Scola. (READ MORE)
Hawaii Five-0 Katrina Law
HAWAII FIVE-0
Katrina Law (Arrow) has joined the Season 10 cast as a series regular. (GET DETAILS)
ABC 'Conviction' Panel at the TCA Summer Press Tour, Day 8, Los Angeles, USA - 04 Aug 2016
NCIS: NEW ORLEANS
Eddie Cahill (CSI: NY) will guest-star in multiple Season 6 episodes, in a storyline involving Lasalle's trouble-finding brother, Cade. (Source: Parade.com)
Paget Brewster Mom
MOM
Paget Brewster (Criminal Minds) will guest-star in muitple Season 7 episodes as Christy's new law firm boss, Veronica Stone. (READ MORE)
Alberto-Rosende-imdb
CHICAGO FIRE
Alberto Rosende (Shadowhunters) will recur during Season 8 as Blake Gallo, a young firefighter who joins Firehouse 51's second shift. (READ MORE)
'The Fixer' film premiere, Tribeca Film Festival, New York, America - 16 Apr 2016
CHICAGO MED
Dominic Rains (aka Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Kasius) will recur during Season 5 (with the possibility of becoming a series regular) as Crockett Marcel, a hard-partying doctor from Louisiana. (READ MORE)
The-Conners
THE CONNERS
Katey Sagal will return for Season 2 in a significant capacity, as Louise, the former high school friend of Dan and Roseanne's. (READ MORE)
'I Feel Pretty' film premiere, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 17 Apr 2018
EMPIRE
Diamond White (Dear White People) will recur during the sixth and final season as Lala, a talented SoundCloud singer who is plagued with performance anxiety.
Cliff Chamberlain
HOMELAND
Cliff Chamberlain (Altered Carbon, State of Affairs) will recur during Season 8 as Mike Dunne, the CIA station chief in Kabul.
Ronda Rousey
9-1-1
WWE wrestler Ronda Rousey willrecur during Season 3 as Lena, a fearless member of the LAFD's Station 136. (READ MORE)
Entertainment Weekly Comic-Con Bash!, Comic-Con International, San Diego, USA - 23 Jul 2016
THE 100
Smallville and Supernatural vet Alaina Huffman will recur during the seventh and final season as Nikki, "one of the newly-awakened Eligius IV convicts," "a bank robber and spree-killer who is both unpredictable and fierce."
LA Premiere of "Stranger Things" Season 3, Santa Monica, USA - 28 Jun 2019
SUPERGIRL
Cara Buono (Stranger Things) and Mitch Pileggi (The X-Files) will recur during Season 5 as ancient aliens whose agenda puts them at odds with the Girl of Steel as well as Lena Luthor.
greys-anatomy-jasmine-guy
GREY'S ANATOMY
Jasmine Guy (A Different World) will return and recur during Season 16 as Gemma, who has a history with Dr. Richard Webber from their Alcoholics Anonymous group.
Arrow Final Season Thea
ARROW
Original cast member Willa Holland will return and recur during the eighth and final, 10-episode season. (READ MORE)
LA Premiere of "Always Be My Maybe", Los Angeles, USA - 22 May 2019
GOOD GIRLS
Actress-writer-comedian Charlyne Yi (House) has joined Season 3 as new "good" girl Lucy, a quirky artist with "mildly impaired social skills" with whom the others "manipulate to help them with their criminal enterprise" in counterfeiting money. (READ MORE)
The Fashion Awards 2016, Arrivals, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK - 05 Dec 2016
AMERICAN GODS
Rocker Marilyn Manson will have a four-episode stint during Season 3 as Johan Wengren, the bloodthirsty lead singer of the Viking death metal band Blood Death. (READ MORE)
Tim Matherson Good Fight
THIS IS US
Tim Matheson (The West Wing) will recur during Season 4 as the father of Mandy Moore's character, appearing in flashbacks.
'House of Cards' TV show Season 6 premiere, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 22 Oct 2018
SHAMELESS
Constance Zimmer (UnREAL) will recur during Season 10 as a sophisticated woman whose assumptions about Debbie send the Gallagher daughter into an existential crisis.
'Sharknado 3: Oh Hell no!' film premiere, Los Angeles, America - 22 Jul 2015
ALL AMERICAN
Dina Meyer (Beverly Hills, 90210) will recur during Season 2 as Asher's mom, Gwen Adams, a sophisticated woman with a complicated past who wants to come back into Asher's life after a mysterious year-long absence.
Bowen Yang - SNL
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
Bowen Yang (who made his unofficial debut in March, when he played North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un) and Groundlings performer Chloe Fineman have joined the Season 45 cast — but not Shane Gillis.
Parenthood for PaleyFest at the Saban Theatre in Los Angeles, America - 07 Mar 2013
YOUNG SHELDON
Craig T. Nelson (Coach, Parenthood) will recur during Season 3 as Dale Ballard, a Little League baseball coach who butts heads with George Sr. about Missy wanting to join the team.
Cassandra Jean Amell
ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO
Cassandra Jean Amell (the Arrowverse's "Elseworlds" crossover) will recur during Season 2 as Louise, an alien seeking refuge in 1947 Roswell.
dermot-mulroney
HANNA
Dermot Mulroney (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Homecoming) has joined Season 2 of Amazon Prime's action-drama as John Carmichael, a former mentor of Mireille Enos' Marissa who takes over at the sinister UTRAX organization that has been hunting the series' titular teen.
Yusuf-Gatewood
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY
Yusuf Gatewood (The Originals, Good Omens), Marin Ireland (Homeland, Sneaky Pete) and Ritu Arya (Humans) have joined Season 2 of Netflix's comic book adaptation — get details.
'Altered Carbon' TV show premiere, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 01 Feb 2018
A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES
James Purefoy (The Following) has joined the Season 2 cast as the stepfather of Matthew Goode's character. (READ MORE)
Women In Film Gala, Arrivals, Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles, USA - 12 Jun 2019
RIVERDALE
Mishel Prada (Vida) will recur during Season 4 as Hermosa, a private investigator from Miami who arrives in town in classic femme fatale fashion.
'Pennyworth' TV Show Premiere, Arrivals, Harmony Gold, Los Angeles, USA - 24 Jul 2019
THE RESIDENT
Season 3 has added the following actors in recurring roles: Major Crimes' Kearran Giovanni (as fitness teacher Andrea), Marvel's Daredevil's Geoffrey Cantor (as Grayson's father Zip), Major Crimes' Michael Paul Chan (as Austin's adoptive father Yee), and Insatiable's Erinn Westbrook (as Mina's adventurous friend Adaku).
FOX Networks 2016 Upfront Presentation Party, New York, USA - 16 May 2016
MADAM SECRETARY
Wentworth Miller (Prison Break) will recuring during the sixth and final season as Senator Mark Hanson, a ruthless politician who hates the fact that Elizabeth McCord has been elected president.
LA Premiere of "Godzilla: King of The Monsters", Los Angeles, USA - 18 May 2019
THE RESIDENT
David Alan Grier will recur during Season 3 as as Lamar Broome, Dr. AJ Austin's biological father. (READ MORE)
Gary Sinise
13 REASONS WHY
Gary Sinise (CSI: NY) has joined the fourth and final season as Dr. Robert Ellman, "a compassionate, incisive, no-nonsense adolescent and family therapist who works to help Clay Jensen battle anxiety, depression and grief."
empire-mario-katlynn-simone
EMPIRE
Katlynn Simone (aka singer Treasure), Meta Golding (Andre's love interest Teri), Wood Harris (money launderer Damon) and Mario (R&B singer Devon) have been promoted to series regulars for the sixth and final season.
charmed-season-2-cast
CHARMED
Jordan Donica, best known for portraying Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in multiple productions of Hamilton, has joined the Season 2 cast as a "mysterious law student/amateur boxer that the Vera-Vaughn sisters meet in the new world in which they now find themselves."
34th Annual Imagen Awards, Beverly Hills, USA - 10 Aug 2019
SUPERSTORE
Justina Machado (One Day at a Time) will recur during Season 5 as new district manager Maya, with whom Amy shares "a surprising connection." (READ MORE)
new-amsterdam-season-2
NEW AMSTERDAM
Ana Villafañe (Broadway's On Your Feet!, South Beach) will recur during Season 2 as oncologist Valentina Castro — get details.
shelby-flannery
THE 100
Shelby Flannery, the actress introduced in the CW drama's sixth season finale as a grown-up version of Hope Diyoza, has been promoted to a series regular for its upcoming seventh and final season. (READ MORE)
Saturday Night Live - Season 44
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
Leslie Jones will not be returning for show's upcoming 45th season — get details.
'Power' TV show final season premiere, Arrivals, Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York, USA - 20 Aug 2019
ALTERED CARBON
Power alum Lela Loren has joined the Season 2 cast as Danica Harlan, "the charming and ambitious governor of planet Harlan's World." (READ MORE)
legacies-season-2-cast
LEGACIES
Bianca Kajlich (Rules of Engagement) will recur during Season 2 as Sheriff Mac, a single mother and career woman who serves as "the human line of defense in a town regularly besieged by monsters," while Leo Howard (Why Women Kill) will play her son Ethan, described as a competitive athlete and good-hearted new student at Mystic Falls High School.
Additionally, Bianca Santos (The Fosters) will recur as Ethan's "sharp-tongued" sister, Maya.
Tagumo Attacks!!!
DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW
Brandon Routh and Courtney Ford are both stepping down as series regulars during the upcoming fifth season. (READ MORE)
BAFTA Tea Party, Arrivals, Four Seasons Hotel, Los Angeles, USA - 05 Jan 2019
CHICAGO P.D.
Michael Beach (The 100, The Rookie) will recur during Season 7 as Darius Walker, a Chicago crime boss who's working to revitalize his African American community. (READ MORE)
Manifest Season 2
MANIFEST
Yasha Jackson (Eddie's former partner on Blue Bloods) will recur during Season 2 as Suzanne, a dean at Astoria University and an ex-girlfriend of Josh Dallas' Ben Stone.
Additionally, Leah Gibson (Jessica Jones Season 2) and Carl Lundstedt (Cloak & Dagger) will recur as the street smart bartender at a hangout for Xers (those who see the Flight 828 passengers as a threat) and her hotheaderd brother, Billy, while Garrett Wareing (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists) will recur as TJ, a college freshman who had been a passenger on Flight 828.
The Blood of Sanctum
THE 100
Chuku Modu, who debuted during Season 6 as Dr. Gabriel Santiago aka Xavier, has been promoted to series regular for the seventh and final season.
Hawaii Five-0 Jorge Garcia Leaves
HAWAII FIVE-0
Jorge Garcia is no longer a series regular on the CBS drama, where he played Jerry. (READ MORE)
KARLA SOUZA
HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
Karla Souza, who plays Laurel, will not be back as a series regular for the current sixth and final season. (READ MORE)
This Is Us - Season 3
THIS IS US
Griffin Dunne — who plays the adult version of Jack's younger brother Nicky — has been promoted series regular for Season 4.
ermh20151216-001
AMERICAN GODS
Blythe Danner (Will & Grace) will recur during Season 3 of the Starz drama as Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest.
69th Primetime Emmy Awards, HBO Party, Los Angeles, USA - 17 Sep 2017
HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
Kelen Coleman (Big Little Lies) will recur during the sixth and final season as Asher's sister. (READ MORE)